Musa Avsever: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Turkish Army general}}

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| birth_place = Nernek, [[Halkapınar, Konya|Halkapınar]], [[Konya]], Turkey

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| alma_mater = [[Kuleli Military High School]]<br>[[Turkish Military Academy]]

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'''Musa Avsever''' (born 7 November 1957) is a retired Turkish [[General officer|Army general]] who was the [[List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces|52nd]] commander of the [[Turkish Land Forces]].<ref name="Hürriyet Daily News 2021">{{cite web | title=Turkey replaces land forces commander in routine reshuffle | website=Hürriyet Daily News | date=2021-08-04 | url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-replaces-land-forces-commander-in-routine-reshuffle-166828 | access-date=2022-01-10}}</ref> Prior to his appointment as a commander of the Land Forces on 5 August 2021, he served as the [[List of commanders of the First Army of Turkey|57th]] commander of the [[First Army (Turkey)|First Army of Turkey]] from 2016 to 2021.

Due to the appointment of General Yaşar Güler as the Minister of National Defense by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 5, 2023, General Musa Avsever, the Commander of the Army, has been temporarily assigned as the Chief of the General Staff. On August 3, 2023, he was superannuated due to his late age<ref>{{Cite web |title=TCCB Kararnamesi, p.1 |url=https://tccb.gov.tr/assets/dosya/2023-08-03-yas-04-emekli.pdf}}</ref>

Avsever was born in [[Konya]], Turkey.<ref name="Timeturk Haber">{{cite web | title=Musa Avsever kimdir? Yeni Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanı kimdir? | website=Timeturk Haber | url=https://www.timeturk.com/genel/musa-avsever-kimdir-yeni-kara-kuvvetleri-komutani-kimdir/haber-1696047 | language=tr | access-date=2022-01-10}}</ref> He completed his high school education at [[Kuleli Military High School]]. He obtained his graduation from the [[Turkish Military Academy]] as a signal officer in 1978. He was enlisted in the Army as a [[platoon]] and was appointed at the [[7th Corps (Turkey)|7th Corps]] between 1979 and 1982. Later he was posted at the School and Training Centre of Communications, Electronics and Information System between 1986 and 1988. He graduated with military courses from the [[Army War College (Turkey)|Army War College]] in 1990 and was subsequently appointed as branch commander of the [[2nd Corps (Turkey)|2nd Infantry Division]] where he served to the post from 1990 until he was appointed as logistics division officer at the [[Second Army (Turkey)|Second Army]]'s headquarter where he served in 1992 unit 1996. After completing his assignments in 1996, he was appointed as cadet battalion commander and chief of Operations and Training branch, Turkish Military Academy from 1996 to 1999.

In 2007 he was promoted to the rank of [[major general]]<ref name="Türk 2007">{{cite web | title=YAŞ kararları listesi | website=CNN Türk | date=2007-08-04 | url=https://www.cnnturk.com/2007/turkiye/08/04/yas.kararlari.listesi/382127.0/index.html | language=tr | access-date=2022-01-10}}</ref> and was subsequently appointed as the head of Communications, Electronics and Information System branch of the Land Forces where he remained in the office until 2009 when he was appointed as commander of Land Forces School and Training Centre of Communications, Electronics and Information System unit 2011. He also served as a chief of staff in the [[Aegean Army]] from 2011 to 2012.

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| title = [[List of Commanders of the Turkish Land Forces|Commander of the Turkish Army]]

| years = 4 August 2021 - 3 August 2023

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| title = [[List of Commanders of the First Army of Turkey|Commanders of the First Army of Turkey]]

| years = 28 July 2016 - 4 August 2021

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| after = [[Kemal Yeni]]

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